This blog of mine focuses on Japanese cooking. I'm h_312_312 on Instagram and Hiro312 on cookpad.
私のこのブログでは、日本料理を扱います。インスタグラムではh_312_312、クックパッドではHiro312です。

January 15, 2018

Harvesting Amanatsu/甘夏の収穫

On January 14, I harvested some of the fruits from the two amanatsu trees, as requested by my father.

１月14日、父に頼まれて、２本の甘夏の木から一部、収穫しました。

To harvest the fruits on branches too high to reach,

高くて届かない枝になっているのを収穫するには、

I used a "taka eda kiri basami" (high branch pruning scissors)

高枝切りばさみを使いました。

rather than a stepladder.

脚立ではなく。

I harvested the bigger ones, and left the smaller ones on the trees.

大きいのを収穫して、小さいのは木に残しました。

Kaki (persimmon) tree:

柿の木：

Ume tree:

梅の木：

As you can see, there are lots of buds on the branches.

見て分かる通り、枝には蕾（つぼみ）がいっぱい付いています。

I also harvested some grapefruits.

グレープフルーツも少し収穫しました。

Hana yuzu tree:

花柚子（はなゆず）の木：

The fruits can be put in a bathtub (to take a "yuzu buro") and can also be used in cooking.

果実は風呂にも入れられます（柚子風呂に入るため）し、料理にも使えます。

While I was harvesting the amanatsu and other fruits, my father worked in the other areas of his field. He reported that the door of the greenhouse for strawberries had been blown off by strong wind, so that birds could enter the greenhouse, leaving only this amount of strawberries for us.

seeandoh: Thank you for your concern, but I'm currently living with my parents in Chiba, which is adjacent to Tokyo, where snow seldom falls. It's true that Niigata city has had a considerable amount of snow recently, but not so much snow in Minami Uonuma city, where my house is located.

Post from 2011? I have no idea which post you are referring to, but my blog is still alive, although it's updated much less frequently these days because I have to spend much of my spare time supporting my old parents.

I want to talk about more about whaling in Japan, but first I want to visit Wada town, Chiba, where a whaling station is located.

Kiki: You should get one! I have so far harvested persimmon, yuzu, and other fruits, using a stepladder, a ladder, and the taka eda kiri basami shown above. I think that using the kiri basami is the most efficient, and besides, it's absolutely the safest!